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The new EU medical device and in-vitro diagnostics regulations (MDR and IVDR) are due to be in force early 2017 so senior management should be well on the way to formulating a business response. But are they, and have they fully considered the potential impacts on their business which could be quite profound? This paperRead more

Precision Medicine: Technology is key to growth By Munna Choudhury, PhD The global Precision Medicine (PMx) market size was ca $40B in 2015 and is expected to reach almost $88B by 2022 (CAGR 12% from 2016-2022)1. In 2015, more than a quarter of new FDA approvals were personalised (included a specific biomarker andRead more

USA Market Entry: What is the right strategy for you? By Mark Wickham, PhD, MBA The medical device industry in the United States is the largest in the world with a market size of circa. $110 billion and an expectation that it will reach $133 billion by 20161. The States spends a largerRead more

Alacramed the medical device consulting company today announced a collaboration with Maddison Product Design to offer a full leading-edge medical device design, development and commercialisation service to clients.

Accessing the US medical device market By Mark Wickham, PhD, MBA The medical device industry in the United States is the largest in the world with a market size of circa. $110 billion and an expectation that it will reach $133 billion by 20161. While the States might not be the first ‘portRead more

Mark Wickham of Alacramed will be attending Medica in Dusseldorf from November 17-18th. Mark will be attending on behalf of a Canadian client seeking point-of-care and self-test diagnostic products for distribution in the Canadian market.

New medtech consultancy Alacramed has spun out of leading life consulting company Alacrita. Spinning out a separate business was a strategic move to enhance focus on medtech and better serve Alacrita’s growing number of medtech clients. We understood that medtech often has diverse and very different challenges to biopharma and that to meet these challengesRead more

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